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You are here: Home / Newsletter / March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022 by NDNRC

NEW INTERVIEW SERIES STARTS NEXT WEEK

Next week, the American Association on Health and Disability is starting a new series of live interviews with disability community members to learn how they make the most of their insurance coverage. From March 9th through April 6th, tune in on Wednesday afternoons as we discuss how to access care and get the most out of your insurance. This Wednesday’s topic will be on getting the most out of rehabilitation/habilitation benefits. For the full list of upcoming topics as well as dates/times, check out our news item.

These Facebook live interviews are part of a broader outreach project we have on ACA and Medicaid outreach and enrollment. This project is one we have in partnership with Community Catalyst and highlights opportunities for people with disabilities to get access to health coverage and then move from coverage to care. As part of this project, we have resources you need to help with outreach including graphics like the one below which highlight getting your money’s worth from your insurance. These graphics are available in the Community Catalyst Outreach Hub.

Image of man and woman with Down’s syndrome walking hand-in-hand down the sidewalk with the message that if you’ve got health insurance to get your money’s worth

If you want to learn more about helping people transition from coverage to care, check out the fact sheet we released on the topic. As this is a fact sheet that is intended for consumers, we have versions available in English and Spanish.

While Open Enrollment Year Nine (OE9) has ended, there may still be an opportunity to enroll in health insurance coverage. Generally, if someone experiences a major life event, they could qualify for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP). You can also learn more about what qualifies for a SEP as a result of a major life event in this blog post.

We previously highlighted a recent CMS announcement for a SEP for low-income individuals. To learn more about this new SEP, check out our blog post. Additionally, our partners at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities created a new FAQ sheet on the SEP.

This week, CMS released updated enrollment data for both Medicare and Medicaid. For more information on the reports and for links to CMS’s summary and reports, check out our news item.

If you missed it last week, we highlighted a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families which examined what the end of the public health emergency in April could mean for children who are enrolled in Medicaid and/or CHIP. To read more about this report or for a link to it, check out our news item.

The Kaiser Family Foundation also wrote a policy brief about the broader issue of people potentially losing coverage as we approach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding public health emergency.

The Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) has a recent blog post on the disproportionate effect of medical debt on vulnerable populations.

Another blog post from the Georgetown CHIR examines the barriers that some people with HIV have experienced with preventive services which should be covered without cost-sharing under the ACA.

Archives of our weekly updates are available on the NDNRC website.

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